Jordan Civil Registration
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How to Find the Records
Online Collections
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials at Findmypast; index & images ($)
Offices to Contact
National Archives in Amman and local government offices
Department of the National Library
Number 9 Haroun Al Rasheed St 9
P.O.Box: 6070 Amman 11118
Amman, Jordan
Telephone: +962 6 566 2845
Telephone: 06-5662791
See
Telephone: 065662871-065662854-065662845
Fax: 065662867
Email : nl@nl.gov.jo
Email of the Public Relations Department PR@NL.GOV.JO
Director of Documents and Documentation Directorate:
Nawal Al Jabour
Email: nawal.aljboor@nl.gov.jo
Ext: 2106
Location of marriage contracts: At Islamic law court [sharia] archives in various cities.[1]
Historical Background
Time period: 1921-present. Early years only included Europeans. Registration of the general populous became compulsory in 1957.
Marriage contracts: These records are the only source prior to civil registration of specific marriage information and provide a marriage date. They also provide relationships.
Legal contracts of marriage are the closest thing in Islamic society to marriage records. In Islamic tradition marriage is considered a legal contract between two families and is not considered a religious sacrament. Islamic law courts [sharia] handled the majority of litigation, particularly in the domain of personal and family status including marriage and divorce.
Time period of marriage contracts: 1400-present.[1]
Coverage and Compliance
Population coverage: Before 1957, 5%; after 1957, as high as 80%.
Population coverage for marriage contracts: As high as 75%; these records pertain to Muslim marriages only.[1]
Information Recorded in the Records
Birth Records
- Child’s name
- Birth date and place
- Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
- Witnesses’ ages, relationships, residences[1]
Marriage Records
- Names of Bride and groom
- Ages
- Residences
- Occupations
- Marriage date and place
- Sometimes ages and/or birth dates and places
- Parents' names, residences, occupations
- Witnesses[1]
Marriage contracts
- Names of marriage candidates
- Date of contract and
- Date of marriage
- Parents (at least the father) of marital partners
- Details concerning dowry[1]
Death Records
- Name of deceased
- Age
- Death date and place
- Occupation
- Name of surviving spouse
- Informant’s name and residence
- Cause of death
- Sometimes birth date and place
- Parents’ names
- Children’s names[1]